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'i dinted mes @anni @Mina Letters Patent No. 954,286, dated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVED, APPLE-CORER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter-B Patent and making vpart: of the same.

To all whom c't-may concern:

- Be it known thatlwe, G. L. SWE'rT and B. F. DRAKE,

both of Leominster, in the, county of `Vlorcest'er, and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsl in Apple-Oorers and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying the letters of reference marked" .acting as a guard to conline its action to the core-part 0f the apple, tlie apple having been previously halved. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and use. y In the drawing, the invention is shown in perspec- A. represents the handle, B C, the axial rod, to which the knife D E F is attached.

'A The rod B C is rounded, and is made suilciently long for the largest apples. y

The hnife'DE Fis 'formed as shown, having one sharp edge. 'The curved part E is intended to cut out the seedlobe, while theY parts D and F cut out the stem and blossom respectively.

The dot-ted lines L H are intended to indicate a half apple- To use our invention, the half apple is grasped in -one hand` and the corer in the other; thenv place' the Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, JAS. L. CoNAN'r. 

